WASCO — The Taft High varsity boys’ tennis team shut out the Wasco Tigers, 9-0, on Tuesday and Taft’s JV won, 8-1.

Only two varsity matches were competitive: the No. 1 singles and the No. 3 doubles. In both cases, Taft players got off to slow starts before pulling away.

At No. 1 singles, Rafa Arreguin won the first four games against Ismael Castro, then lost the next five, before running the next nine, 7-5, 6-0. At No. 2, Chuy Gutierrez beat Christian Flores, 6-1, 6-2. Matua Iakopo beat Haedon Kaufman, 6-1, 6-1. Cameron Bunch beat Rudy Villalobos, 6-1, 6-2. Cristo Miranda made quick work of Eduardo Castro, 6-0, 6-0, and was the first one off the court. Brayan Herrera made it a singles sweep with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ricky Figueroa.

In doubles, Arreguin and Gutierrez dominated Castro and Flores, 6-1, 6-0. Iakopo and Miranda teamed to beat Kaufman and Villalobos, 6-2, 6-2. Kyler Fields and Oscar Martinez lost their first set to Ernesto Prado and Marco Sanchez, 2-6, but rallied to win, 6-2, 10-3.

Taft improved to 14-2 overall and 6-0 in the South Sequoia League. Wasco dropped to 9-7 overall and 4-2 for third place in the SSL.